Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for November 17, 2013
Transcript:
Mom: Are you picketing? Phoebe: I'm advocating. Mom: For? Phoebe: New punctuation! Earlier I was texting Marigold about the tacos you made for dinner. And it was like, the tacos were okay, but not EXCLAMATION POINT LEVEL good. But just saying "we had tacos" with a period is so... meh. So I invented this. It shows my mild approval of your tacos. It could name it after you! Mom: "Mom" is a terrible name for punctuation.
OmegaDragotroid almost 11 years ago
And here we see Millie’s oddness shining through again. :)
Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
Looks like a Z and a period.
kaykeyser almost 11 years ago
I remember some one on some thing else trying to make up new punctuation but I forget the details. but yes its nice how mom rather then be offended or find this at all strange just goes with it and gives her opinion Though I do wounder if magical creature have question marks, explanation points and periods? . Well we know Goblins have umlauts.
sheplives almost 11 years ago
@Omega Dragotroid: To say nothing of Ms. Mudd’s cheerful acceptance of her daughter’s idiosyncrasies. (I’d just bet she and Phoebe’s mom would have some interesting conversations… :D )
Weapon Brown almost 11 years ago
What Mom WOULDN’T want a daughter like Phoebe?
Coyoty Premium Member almost 11 years ago
A checkmark would work just as well.
MotherOfMoses almost 11 years ago
meh? I’ve seen that term on social networks a lot recently, is it in the Webster’s dictionary yet?
blackshire almost 11 years ago
The British (and possibly other Europeans) and mathematicians would both smile at Phoebe’s new use for an established symbol (“symbol recycling?”); The British use that “half-height dot” as a decimal point in numbers (they may use it less commonly today; some countries use the comma as a decimal marker). The “half-height dot” is also sometimes used instead of an “X” as a multiplication symbol in mathematical expressions.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Phonetic Punctuation
Hag5000 almost 11 years ago
I like that symbol, I think it would work well for what Phoebe is describing.
Simon_Jester almost 11 years ago
Are you sure you were texting with Marigold, and not Horace from Dark Side of the Horse? This sounds like something that would be right up his alley.
Stellagal almost 11 years ago
It looks like a lop-sided question mark. Kind of like “I think we had tacos?”
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Then what about your real name mam or this family’s last name? I don’t know what Phoebe’s last name is?
The Life I Draw Upon almost 11 years ago
Mom has a great sense of humor.
kaykeyser almost 11 years ago
Maybe we should start using z. as an emotacon in our text messages.
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Please! In Scotland, “z” already has to serve double duty as “ȝ”, as in “Culzean Castle” and “Dalziel and Pascoe”. (In England, “ȝ” mostly became “y” as in “day” or “gh” as in “knight”.)
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
@ DanaAbout the latest posting on Nostril Sketches.I don’t know about the cover, but the last page should be Phoebe sleeping on Marigold’s flank.
Aconite almost 11 years ago
Learning new punctuation~.
JC's Tales of Trails Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Yes! I am not loosing my mind, I thought I read about a punctuation mark like this. http://nostrilsketches.tumblr.com book cover sketches.
a nerdy trans girl about 4 years ago
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Kid Covid over 3 years ago
Mom is right, Mom IS a terrible way of puncuationMOM
Are2Dee2 over 3 years ago
Hee Hee